Education at successive Censuses.—Proportions per cent., TABLE I.—Proportions per cent. of the educated, the partially educated, the uneducated, and those whose Education is unknown, to the Total Numbers living at the three last Census Periods, those under and above 20 years of age being distinguished.
| Census Periods. |
All Ages. |
Under 20 years. |
Above 20 years. |
| Read and write. |
Read only. |
Could not read. |
Education unknown. |
Read and write. |
Read only. |
Could not read. |
Education unknown. |
Read and write. |
Read only. |
Could not read. |
Education unknown. |
| 1861. |
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| Persons |
53.66 |
14.60 |
31.74 |
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| Males |
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| Females |
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| 1870. |
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| Persons |
56.32 |
14.04 |
29.64 |
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| Males |
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| 1881. |
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| Persons |
64.68 |
8.29 |
26.85 |
0.17 |
59.38 |
8.70 |
40.90 |
0.02 |
78.79 |
7.88 |
13.01 |
0.32 |
| Males |
64.42 |
7.83 |
27.51 |
0.24 |
48.99 |
9.02 |
41.97 |
0.02 |
78.42 |
6.75 |
14.38 |
0.45 |
| Females |
64.97 |
8.80 |
26.14 |
0.09 |
51.80 |
8.37 |
39.81 |
0.02 |
79.23 |
9.26 |
11.34 |
0.17 |